Did Arminius Affirm Salvation by Grace or Works?
written by SEA member, Roy Ingle
I read a Calvinist piece in which the author showed his utter misunderstanding of Arminianism. He never cites Arminius, never cites a prominent Arminian theologian but nonetheless he asserted that Arminianism holds to “works salvation” because we deny that God forces people to believe the gospel. He seeks to build his case from Romans 3:10-18 by showing that mankind is so depraved that apart from God first regenerating them, none could be saved. He sees this as all of grace whereas Arminianism teaches that we believe the gospel and then are regenerated and so we believe in works salvation because we believe salvation must be received freely by grace through faith.
Did Arminius hold that salvation was by our works? Notice what he wrote here about salvation and how we are saved:
